Presenter
Presented by Mr. Hertzberg
Title
Resolution amending Resolution No. 142, effective March 18, 1999 by providing for the continued designation of an Oakland Business Improvement District.
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WHEREAS, pursuant to an act of November 30, 1967, P.L. 658, as amended, known as the "Business Improvement District Act" (the "Act") municipal corporations are authorized to establish areas designated as business improvement districts within commercial districts; and
WHEREAS, under the Act, Cities of the Second Class are authorized to create business improvement districts to acquire property for improvement and provide administrative services which improve the ability of the commercial establishment of the business improvement district to serve the consumer, including, but not limited to, public relations programs, group advertising and district maintenance and security services; and
WHEREAS, City Council is empowered by the Act to authorize an assessment within a business improvement district based on the total cost of approved services and improvements; and
WHEREAS, the Oakland Business Improvement District was created as a business improvement district pursuant to Resolution No. 142, approved March 2, 1999, effective March 18, 1999; and
WHEREAS, at the behest of the Oakland Business Improvement District Board of Directors, the City has been presented with a proposal for the continued designation of an Oakland Business Improvement District on the terms set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Amending Resolution No. 142, effective March 18, 1999 entitled; Providing for the continued designation of an Oakland Business Improvement District for the area shown on Exhibit "A" at the behest of the Oakland Business Improvement District, a coalition of property owners, business leaders, retailers, and local government and institutional representatives as ...
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